Homework

How many of you just winced at the title?

This is fun homework though! The grade 4’s and 5’s were assigned homework today. I’m curious 1) how many went home and did it and 2) how many parents actually read the blog.

The homework was to go home, grab a book, and ask you to read and snuggle with them. Besides the great opportunity that reading and snuggling with your kiddo presents, there is an ulterior motive. On parent teacher night, many of us discussed how to get them to be better writers and the easiest advice is for them to read. Reading helps model writing.

-  reading shows them how to format sentences and paragraphs. It models structure and a process.
- it demonstrates correct conventions like grammar, punctuation, verb tense, capitalisation, etc.
- it introduces them to new vocabulary and expressions of speech.
- the more words they are exposed to, the more words they add to their speaking and writing
  vocabulary.